Pencil-case



No Model.) J. DICKER.

PENCIL CASE. No. 325,325. Patented Sept. l, 1885..

UNITED STATES PnTnnT einen.

JOHNDICKER, OF NEVARK, NEV JERSEY.

PENCIL-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,325, datedSeptember 1,1885.

Application lcd November 26, 18st. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom'. it may concern:

Bc it known that I, JOHN DICKER, i' Newark, in the county ot` Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases for Pencils, Src., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cases for pencils and similar implements; and the ,invention consists ina novel construction of the barrel or body of the case, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure l is a side elevation of a magic pen cil having its case made on my plan. Fig. 2 represents the covering of the case spread out or developed on a plane to more clearly illustrate the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the body ofthe case detached, and Figs. et and 5 are longitudinal and transverse sections, respectively, enlarged to more clearlyshow the parts.

To construct a case for pencils and similar implements on my plan,I first prepare the outside covering, and the material which I prefer to use is what is known as pearl shell or mother-ofpearl,77 and this Iiirst saw into narrow triangular strips ofthe propcrlength, ns indicated at e and b of the several figures. These strips are, by means of suitable tools, made straight, and either fiat or concave on their under side, according as they are to be applied to a polygonal or a round tube, both styles being used for this purpose.

Having prepared a series of these triangular strips of various colors or shades, I take a thin metal tube, l, which is to Vform the foundation or lining ot' the case, and cement thereon a layer of paper or clot-h, as indicated by n, Figs. 4 and 5. Then upon this I arrange a series ofthe triangular slabs of shell, taking care to place first a light-colored slab, b, and next to that a dark or difercnt colored slab, u, and alternating their points or narrow ends, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, until enough slabs have been thus applied to cover the tube, the slabs of course being cutof such a Width as to form a cylindrical covering for the tube Z and its covering oi" paper or cloth 7e. The slabs a and b, when finally applied,

are cemented to the layer n of paper or cloth, and also to each other, and they are further secured in place by the caps c and d, which tit over the ends of the slabs, as shown in Fig. 4, in which I have represented the barrel thus formed as being shouldered or reduced slightly in external diameter at each end, though it is obvious that this may be omitted if desired, and the caps be made to tit over the exterior ofthe slabs at each end, and thus bind them together the same as hoops bind the staves of a barrel; and, if desired to render it still more ornamental, small metal bands or hoops, either plain or ornamented, may be made to embrace or inclose the slabs at other points between their extremities.

By this method of construction I am enabled to produce a case in which the sections or slabs of shell composingthe exterior are iirml y secured in place, so as not to be liable to become loosened by usc, and which may also be rendered highly ornamental.

I am aware-that pencil-cases have been made of alternate strips of shell and metal of uniform Width, and that cases have been made of strips of shell of uniform diameter with narrow strips of muslin inserted under each joint, and I do not claim either ot' these; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim itil. The herein-described case for pencils and similar implements, consisting of the tube Z, having a layer of brous material, n, cemented thereto, and an outer layer composed of triangular slabs ot' shell or similar material having their narrow ends arranged alternately in opposite directions with the overlaping caps c d applied thereto, substantiallyY as shown.

2. The combination of the tube I, the layer of paper or cloth n, and the triangular slabs of shell, arranged substantially7 as and for the purpose set forth.

.lOl-IN DICKER.

lVi t nesses Giuro CONRADT, JOHN YUNcHiNs. 

